Journal article
Reef Adapt: A tool to inform climate-smart marine restoration and management decisions
GV Wood, KJ Griffin, M van der Mheen, MF Breed, JM Edgeloe, C Grimaldi, AJP Minne, I Popovic, K Filbee-Dexter, MJH van Oppen, T Wernberg, MA Coleman
Communications Biology | Published : 2024
Abstract
A critical component of ecosystem restoration projects involves using genetic data to select source material that will enhance success under current and future climates. However, the complexity and expense of applying genetic data is a barrier to its use outside of specialised scientific contexts. To help overcome this barrier, we developed Reef Adapt (www.reefadapt.org), an innovative, globally applicable and expandable web platform that incorporates genetic, biophysical and environmental prediction data into marine restoration and assisted gene flow planning. The Reef Adapt tool provides maps that identify areas with populations suited to user-specified restoration/recipient sites under cu..
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Awarded by Australian Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
G.W. was supported by an Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Grant (LP190100346) and an ARC Industry Fellowship (IE230100464). T.W., M.A.C. and K.F.D. were supported by ARC grants (DP190100058 and LP190100346 to T.W., M.A.C., K.F.D. and DP20010020119 to T.W. and M.A.C.). T.W., K.F.D., G.W. and M.A.C. were also funded by the Norwegian Research Council (GecoKelp Project no. 335371). MFB was supported by ARC grants (LP190100051, LP190100484, DP210101932). M.J.H.v.O. was supported by an ARC Laureate Fellowship (FL180100036). The authors would like to thank Quinten van der Leest and Eratos (https://www.eratos.com/) for application co-development, Karel Mokany for statistical advice, Luke Thomas and Cynthia Riginos for data provision, Mauricio van den Berg for converting the oceanographic connectivity calculation to an R function and Emma Camp for photos.